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The judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial has ruled out all murder charges, but says he may still be guilty of culpable homicide (manslaughter). Judge Thokozile Masipa said the prosecution had failed to prove the Olympic athlete killed his girlfriend deliberately in the toilet after a row, prompting tears from Mr Pistorius. He cannot have foreseen killing whoever was behind …

Steeling the nation for a long fight, President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday to take out the militants of ISIS with U.S. air power and help from the world — but without American combat troops. He said that the campaign would be steady and relentless, and said he would not hesitate to strike ISIS inside Syria. But he stressed that it …

 The President of Dangote group of companies, Aliko Dangote has made known his decision to step aside as the President of the Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Addressing the press, Dangote said his intention to step aside is as so as  to focus more on expanding the companies footprints in Africa. He stated that his stepping aside would …

ABUJA—Two Nigerian governors, Babatunde Fashola and Sule Lamido of Lagos and Jigawa states, respectively, yesterday, examined the nation’s polity and concluded that the major problem facing the country was misplaced attention being paid by the leadership on wrong values. The governors, who made their observation at political discourse organised by the Kukah Centre at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, …

By Alltimepost.com New members of Executive and Board of Advisors emerged at the end of the recent Edo National Association Worldwide convention in Chicago Illinois, United States of America. The men and women who will serve the organization for the next two years were duly sworn into office on August 31, 2014. Some of the officers, including the National President …

Hassan Abboud, the leader of the Syrian Islamist insurgents Ahrar al-Sham has been killed with other top commanders in a bomb blast at a meeting. Activists say a suicide bomber detonated a vest in the attack in the north-western town of Ram Hamdan. Ahrar al-Sham is part of the Islamic Front, a coalition of seven Islamist rebel groups. In February, …

President Barack Obama is meeting Congressional leaders to outline and press his case for an expanded military campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. He is discussing his strategy with leaders from both parties at the White House. The talks come ahead of his speech to the nation on Wednesday night. It is not clear whether the president …

Chicago – By Emman Okuns. Benson Idahosa University’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Ernest Izevbigie has expressed serious concern over the shortage of lecturers, especially in the Law and Mass communications departments in the Nigerian universities and called for help from people in the Diaspora. The University Don made the disclosure and appeal last Saturday as a keynote speaker at the commencement …

MAIDUGURI – Son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Lt Col Adeboye Obasanjo, an army engineer at the 3rd Division in Jos, Plateau State was shot yesterday by Boko Haram terrorists as he led soldiers on an offensive to reclaim Michika town in Adamawa State which fell into the hands of the insurgents. Twenty four soldiers were also reportedly killed during the encounter …

LAGOS — A governorship aspirant in Lagos State, under the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, has said the compelling need to take the developments recorded  by former governors of the state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the incumbent, Mr. Raji Fashola, SAN, to another level, informed his ambition to govern the state in 2015. He insists his …